Drip-cup.



No. 779,200. PATBNTED JAN. 3, 1905. L. M. BEGK. v

DRIP OUI.

APPLICATION r1mzp un. 30. 1904.

A rromier tween the tunnel and bulb proper.

Patented J anuary 3, 1905.

PATENT OFFICE.

LOUIS M. BECK, OF FORT WAYNE, INDIANA.

DRlP-CUP.

SPECIFICAIION forming part of Letters Patent No. 779,200, dated J anuary 3, 1905.

' Application filed Match 30, 1904. Serial No. 200,666.

T0 aZZ wh07n 7225 may concern:

Be it known that I. LOUIS M. BECK, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resi dent of Fort VVayne, in the county of Allen and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Umbrella Attachments, of which the followingis a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in attachments for umbrellas; and the object thereof is to provide means to prevent the water from draining from the umbrella Onto the floor when the umbrella is closed and carried into a building.

I accomplish my object by the contrivance illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in Wl1iCh Figure lis an elevation of the device, partl;v

in central section and attached to the outer end of an umbrella-stick. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the separable spider, and Fig. 3 is a vertical central section of the separable spider.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views, and referring now tothe same 1 is a pliable bulb, preferably of rubber, and 2 is a spider, which is made separate from the bulb. The said bulb is greatest in diameter in its central portion and has a sleeve 3 at one end and a tunnel 4 in connection with its opposite end, with a contracted neck 5 intervening be- The inner surface of the bulb at its neck is straight and affords an annular face 6, against which the ends of the arms 7 of the spider are adapted to rest.

The spider 2 is preferably composed of pliable rubber and has a central opening 8 of a size suitable for the insertion of the end of an umbrella-stick 9, and the said sleeve of the bulb is also of suitable Size to pass snugly over said stick and sufficiently tight as to prevent water in the bulb from leaking around said stick and through said sleeve. The advantage cf constructing the spider separable frorn the bulb beconnes apparent when adjusting the device upon the umbrella-stick,

and it is also of convenience in manufacturing the device. It is the intention that the spider shall afford partial support for the bulb, and to this end its connection upon the stick 9 should be substantial, and therefore the opening 8 is of such size compared With the diameter of said stick that when the stick is inserted therein the spider Will become somewhat stretched and because of the contracting tendency thereof will remain in the position upon the stick to which it -is adjusted.

In using the invention the spider 2 is first placed upon the stick in the position shown in Fig. 1, and the bulb is then placed in position upon the said stick, so that the neck will range about the spider. When the umbrella has become wet and is closed and stood in the position indicated in Fig. 1, the water Will drain from the cloth top into the tunnel 4: and

then pass between the arms 7 of the spider into the bulb. The water may be removed from the bulb without wetting the umbrellatop by tilting the umbrella Slightly and then compressing the bulb, thus causing the water in the bulb to pass out through the tunnel.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In an attachment for umbrellas, a bulb havingasleeve atone end and an annularinner face near its opposite end; and a separable spider having arms adapted to rest against said face when said bulb and spider are arranged in proper relation upon the stick of an umbrella, the said spider. and bulb being of elastic material and each adapted to contract upon the umbrella-stick and thereby be held in place, and the said bulb being also adapted to contract upon said spider and thereby become partiallysupported by the latter.

In testimony whereof I aiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

LOUIS M. BEOK.

VVitnesses:

W. G. BURNS, M. J. BLIIZ. 

